Tasmanian Business Reporter November 2018

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NEWS
New super
life cover
partnership
TASMANIAN industry
super fund Tasplan has
announced a new partnership
with leading
life insurance provider
MetLife to deliver innovative
and affordable
insurance offerings.
Tasplan Chief Operations
Officer Nick Connor
said the partnership
with MetLife would
give members a strong
offering to help them
navigate the changing
landscape of insurance
inside super.
“Tasplan is committed
to delivering excellent
customer service
and returns for our
members and MetLife
demonstrated its ability
to form a unique partnership
that aligns with
our values and addresses
the specific needs of
the fund,” Mr Connor
said.
“We know the proposed
federal budget
changes to insurance inside
super adds another
level of complexity and
uncertainty and we identified
the need to partner
with an organisation
that can respond to these
changes and evolve with
us and our members.
“We understand the value
of insurance in superannuation
and the
importance of default
insurance which offers
our members value
for money protection.
“The member experience
is critically important
to Tasplan and
the ability to offer digital
solutions that make
the process of both applying
and claiming fast
and easy, was also high
on our priority list.”
MetLife will be working
with Tasplan over
the transition period to
identify the best way
forward, taking into
consideration the expected
budget changes,
in order to deliver the
best possible product
design for its members.
The new insurance
product will be ready to
go live on July 1, 2019.
Challenge of an ageing workforce
TASMANIA’S work
health, safety and
wellbeing professionals
addressed the future
challenges presented by
changing work patterns
and operating environments
at the 2018
WorkSafe Conference
last month.
From an ageing workforce
to the ever-extending
reach of new technologies,
staying ahead
of these challenges was
deemed vital for the
health and wellbeing of
all Tasmanian workers.
University of Melbourne
Professor of
Management Peter
Gahan presented at the
conference about ageism
– the phenomena of
age-based prejudice and
discrimination, focussing
on how organisations
can minimise age-based
stereotyping to ensure an
inclusive work environment.
Prof. Gahan said as the
population aged across
the world, ageism was
becoming a growing
problem, especially in
the workplace.
“Ageism is the idea
that people are being
University of Melbourne Professor of Management Peter Gahan
presenting at the 2018 WorkSafe Conference at the Grand Chancellor in
Hobart.
assessed not so much for
attributes, their skills, or
their talents, but simply
because of their age,”
Prof. Gahan said.
“That can happen for
older people, but also
younger people.
“Generally older
people are viewed as
being warm and good at
relationships, relatively
stable and reliable, but
incompetent – not being
good at picking up new
skills, understanding
new technologies, being
able to adapt or be
flexible.
“The evidence undertaken
over the last 25
years or so shows that
most of those stereotypes
are not true.”
The 2018 WorkSafe
Conference was part
of WorkSafe Tasmania
Month, aligning with
the theme of “Future
Work, Future Challenges”
which aimed to
raise awareness of the
new health and safety
issues arising as workplaces
adapt to shifting
external and internal
conditions.
Since 1996, when
WorkSafe Month was
first launched, the number
of Tasmanians who
suffered work-related
injuries or illnesses has
more than halved, from
16,167 to 6,941 in 2017.
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